The Sweetest Things 소설 & 이야기

Serene Zabawa is a 24-year-old college student who spends her time fangirling and doing everything to show support and love for her idol. She never stopped making and giving efforts just to let her idol feel that he’s special, appreciated, and loved by a lot of people. She promised herself that no matter what happened, hindi siya magpapasok ng kung sino mang lalaki sa buhay niya kung hindi ito ang iniidolo niya. But her perception and compromise in life completely changed after agreeing with her father’s request. She was happy at first, but habang tumatagal, nagigising siya sa katotohanang never niya inaasahan, and because of that, she changed. A lot of things changed; ang dating kinahahangaan niya ay siya ng isinusumpa niya ngayon. Her life turned the other way around; there are moments na gusto na lang niya magising dahil sa mga pangyayaring hindi naman niya hinihiling noon at ifast forward na lang ang lahat para matapos na ang paghihirap niya. Will she be able to get away from what she entered? Will she just wait patiently until it's finished? Or tables might turn once again?

Cloud Serravalle, 34, is the eldest among the Serravalle brothers. Being the eldest, he doesn’t have any choice but to manage their real estate company and make sure that it will stay on top of the business no matter what. Despite growing up with a strict parents, Cloud still has happy memories from when he was a child, primarily because of his childhood friend Seren Evangeline Del Valle, 29, who happened to be his first love and almost became a wife, not until they discovered the things Seren’s parents did to their company. Despite his love for her, Cloud decided to break off their engagement and push Seren away without knowing that she was carrying his secret baby. Four years later, when Cloud finally decided to get engaged again to his new girlfriend Sienna Valmonte, for the sake of their business ventures, that is also the time when he met Seren again on the same island where the engagement was supposed to happen. Fueled with anger because of their past, Cloud Serravalle decided to punish her ex-fiancé Seren Evangeline Del Valle by having sex with her on the island and by leaving her once again to continue his engagement with Sienna, without knowing that for the second time around, Seren is carrying his baby secretly until the truth behind their past is finally untold.

Shanaia "Shan" Lux never believed in fairy tales—lalo na sa mga gwapo pero bastos na playboy tulad ni Jeriel Ford Severin. Pero nang ma-corner siya ng pinakakilalang heartbreaker sa buong Metro Manila, hindi niya inasahan na magiging parte siya ng isang lihim na pustahan sa exclusive group chat ng mga bachelor billionaires. The bet? Papasukin ni Jeriel ang puso ni Shanaia within three months. The prize? Millions from his billionaire friends—Jeremiah, Rhamesis, Roman, Damon, Kendiel, Ymillio, Haze, at Kim. Simple lang, diba? Except... Jeriel didn't expect Shanaia to be different. She's fierce. She's untamable. At higit sa lahat? She makes him feel things he swore he'd never feel again. Habang tumatagal ang kanilang "fake" relationship, the lines blur. Ang pustahan ay nagiging totoo. Ang laro ay nagiging pag-ibig. Pero paano kung malaman ni Shanaia ang totoo? Na simula pa lang, niloko na siya? Will love survive the ultimate betrayal? O magiging totoo ang takot ni Jeriel na sa huli, siya pala ang ma-fa-fall... at siya rin ang mawawalan ng lahat?

Nang malaman ni Anastashia ang pagtataksil ng kaniyang nobyo ay talagang gusto niyang maghiganti. Si Michel ang kaniyang kaibigan na umagaw sa kaniyang nobyo. Dahil din doon, maghihiganti siya sa pamamagitan ng pag-seduce ng nobyo din ni Michel. Si Arthuro. Ngunit akala niya hanggang doon lang ang lahat. Na-in love siya sa isang napaka-dangerous na tao. Arthuro Gatciano, the leader of Gatciano group of Mafias, multi-millioner, and the member of Gatciano Circle. He is ruthless and arrogant man. Walang ibang hinangad si Anastashia kundi maghiganti lamang. Ngunit na-in love na pala siya kay Arthuro at ganoon na rin ito sa kaniya. But within that time, their love was not strong. Lalo pa sa mga twisted things that happened. May malaking kasalanan si Arthuro. Ang kanilang love story ay parang isang rollercoaster na isa lang ang dinadaanan ngunit mapanganib, paikot, at buhay ang kapalit. Pag-ibig kaya ang magwagi sa kanilang dalawa o hanggang sa silang dalawa na lang din ang magpatayan sa isa’t isa? “If you love someone, you are willing to kill or die.”

SIS (Social Issue Series) #1: Objectifying WomenOver protectiveness of boyfriends are often romanticized as cute and caring nowadays. To the point that some ladies fail to live their lives to the fullest just to satisfy their men's insecurities and the likes. Pero kung ikaw si Nayeli Reese P. Eusebio, you'll probably say that you've had enough of those kinds of bullshit. Nari had been deprived of a normal life for her 17 years of existence. She never had a chance to step out of the four corners of their house and experience what common people usually do due to unfortunate circumstances that involves her personal family issues. So when she had the opportunity to finally get out from that nightmare, she promised herself, and her brother that wishes her nothing but happiness, that she will bring out the best in her as she strives to achieve her goals.But when Colton Jace R. Octavio gets into the picture, Nari felt things that she never felt before. Unexplainable feelings that are enough to confuse and distract her from her goals. Colton's dream was just to grow old with her while Nari's was for them to grow individually together. When love gets in the way of your dreams, is it possible to grow with the flow?

What she wanted was to have an ordinary and normal life. But it seems like destiny had written something different and twisted for her. Almene was about to marry the man she loved. It was the day she was looking forward to and what lies for the both of them ahead. Ngunit tila siya binibiro ng tadhana nang maaksidente ang kanyang fiance sa mismong araw ng kanilang kasal. To make things worse, nalulong sa sugal ang kanyang ama mula nang mamatay ang kanyang ina at hinahabaol na ito ng pinagkakautangan at pinagbantaang ipapakulong kapag hindi nabayaran ang kabuuang halaga. Walang nagawa si Almene kundi ang puntahan ang taong pinagkakautangan ng kanyang ama, who turned out to be Lideon Ambrose Martin, a ruthless billionaire and notorious playboy who owns one of the biggest casinos in the metro at siyang may-ari rin ng casinong kinalulungan ng kanyang ama. Nakiusap siya ritong bigyan siya ng kaunting palugit para mabayaran ang utang. She didn’t expect the debt to be ten million pesos though. Sa kabila ng pakiusap niya ay hindi man lang naawa si Lideon sa kanya. Instead, he gave her a proposal – and that is to stage a marriage in paper only – bilang kabayaran sa pagkakautang.

Two years have passed nang mawala kay Ashley o mas kilala na ngayon na Ley Salvador. Ang lahat ng bagay including the person she loves, matapos mawala ang alaala ng minamahal ay nawala na rin ang kahit anong koneksiyon nila. Si Aux na kasabay ng pagkawala ng alaala niya ay bumalik ang buhay sa pagiging bayarang mamatay tao ng lihim na orginasasyon along with her cover living as the sole heir of her billionaire family, siya na ngayon ang namamahala ng lahat ng ari-arian na iniwan sa kaniya, dahil sa pamumuhay mag-isa ay binalot siya ng galit sa mundo, naging mataray, malupit at tusong boss sa kaniyang mga empliyado. Ang isang Ley Salvador nga ba ang makakapagpalambot muli nang kaniyang puso o mas magpapatigas pa nito when she found out that Ley has also a huge part of the inheritance na iniwan ng kaniyang pamilya sa kaniya. Magkakaroon ba ng chance for a new start of love story sa dalawa or just to meet again to end things?

Scarlet is not a simple woman. She planned to seduce the old and long-reigning Mafia boss of the Ronaldo family, even if it meant becoming his mistress. Moreover, she is a vengeful woman who regrets nothing and is not afraid of anyone. But she was stolen on the day of her wedding and got married with a stranger. Because of certain arrangements she agreed to, Scarlet was stuck fulfilling a dying mother’s wish; in return, she hurt him with unbearable pain and left him with a broken heart. Malachi had better plans for her, but she still wanted to enter the mafia world until he could no longer hold a grip of her. Scarlet was finally granted her freedom on the condition that she leave their only child, Alona, in his care. He continues to live a normal life outside the Mafia Circle as a single father and manages their coffee shop. Scarlet thinks she can live without a man until she finds out who she was before. Losing him now is definitely what she lives to regret. She realized what she truly wanted for her life after he was gone. Now she swears to make things right with him before he makes a vow to another woman who is willing to fulfill his dreams and build a family. How much will she dare to make him fall in love and bring him back to her arms again? How will she make her daughter give back the love and trust to her mom, who hurt her father?

I was staring at Leion. He was kneeling in front of me, begging like he would lose half of his life when I left him. "This is what you want, from the very beginning, right?" I said, while smiling from ear to ear, before I sipped on my red wine. I didn't know that red wine taste so sweet, when I feel the victory, I know I will win this one, because loathe makes me stronger, I will feel nothing, if not anger, resentment and pain. I am numb, and the day Leion hurt my feelings, over and over again. But now, look at him, acting like he loves me and he cares for me, that if his feelings are true, why couldn't he do it then? "Aubrey, I am begging you, please—" "Do you remember the day I begged you to stay, because I am weak and tired from all of your bullshits, I gave you patience and all the understanding, and now, do you think all of the so called kindness that you show me lately is enough to forgive all the things you've done to me?" "Why are you so heartless?" Leion said while his tears running down to his cheeks, a crocodile tears, I will never be taken away again. "My love, you're the reason, now deal with it."

After their first ever encounter in a coffee shop, Gara Andrade and Cloud Mendes despise each other already. Gara's boredom unexpectedly leads her to Cloud again through a nonsense prank message after a few weeks. She sends it to the people who are named "Cloud" through Messenger since she really likes clouds. The content is about her being pregnant and Cloud is obliged to be responsible for it. Their profile pictures on Facebook that time are not their faces that is why they fail to recognize each other. Terrified after receiving the message, Cloud starts thinking if she is the woman that his friends are talking about that might get pregnant because something has happened between them in a hotel the time he is very drank one night. He tends to forget what is happening to him when he is very drank that is why he is terrified about the message. He does not know that his friends are just making stories to make fun of him. He responds to the message until the deal is sealed. Yes, he will be marrying her after someone introduced himself as Gara's father and threatened him After one of his best friends lies to him, the prank goes wrong. Gara is determined to make fun of Cloud at first. But when the things get blurry, will she be able to handle the situations most especially if her prank message gets real when it is too late?